Are you a #musician or #MusicProducer who uses #samples in their work, and uses sample packs (free or paid)?
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Are you a #musician or #MusicProducer who uses #samples in their work, and uses sample packs (free or paid)? If, what kind/style of packs do you look for/like? Song building kits? Drum/percussion collections? Synth pads? Weird sound FX? LMK if you don't mind!
@etherdiver
I used to always do sound design from scratch because I found working with samples tedious and difficult, but I've come to appreciate them over the past couple of months, especially with old Jungle sample packs, but also vocal synthesis and field recordings -
Are you a #musician or #MusicProducer who uses #samples in their work, and uses sample packs (free or paid)? If, what kind/style of packs do you look for/like? Song building kits? Drum/percussion collections? Synth pads? Weird sound FX? LMK if you don't mind!
@etherdiver
Drum kits definitely. I usually want natural sounding drums. I wish I had a drum kit, but alas, I have to make do with sample packs.Weird SFX are divided into two types - weird digital effects I try to play with synths to create my own. Weird recordings (bird chatter, ocean surf, explosions) I either go for samples, or I find a way to record them myself.
Regarding pads, do virtual instruments that are based on samples count?
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Are you a #musician or #MusicProducer who uses #samples in their work, and uses sample packs (free or paid)? If, what kind/style of packs do you look for/like? Song building kits? Drum/percussion collections? Synth pads? Weird sound FX? LMK if you don't mind!
@etherdiver Weird FX, field recordings, sometimes drum loops and most of all I am looking for acapellas.
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Are you a #musician or #MusicProducer who uses #samples in their work, and uses sample packs (free or paid)? If, what kind/style of packs do you look for/like? Song building kits? Drum/percussion collections? Synth pads? Weird sound FX? LMK if you don't mind!
@etherdiver If I need sound FX or background ambience, I often go to freesound.org. Sometimes I take odd moments from films that aren't music but have a musical feel to them. Everything else I make myself.
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@etherdiver Honestly, I'm pretty omnivorous. Drum loops, individual hits, weird textures, long atmospheric sounds, field recordings, vocal samples, wavetables, multisamples, you name it, it's probably been in my music somewhere.
I will say that I have been using more multisamples lately, they tend to give me a really solid launching point with a lot of range. E.g. yesterday's jamuary techno track used a bunch of "from mars" multisamples of old soviet synths that I further mangled up.
@etherdiver Thinking on this more today, I guess I would add that the one thing I *don't* generally use is clips of other ppl's songs, as A) seems like a huge can of worms in terms of copyright, and B) While I can appreciate the work of artists who do this well, I'm looking for individual lego bricks, not fully built sets, if that metaphor makes sense.
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Are you a #musician or #MusicProducer who uses #samples in their work, and uses sample packs (free or paid)? If, what kind/style of packs do you look for/like? Song building kits? Drum/percussion collections? Synth pads? Weird sound FX? LMK if you don't mind!
@etherdiver i use drumsamples.. but i have mostly what i could ever utilize.
so from time to time i download vocals, specific noises from devices , animals or enviromental stuff. Freesound.org or ubuweb are great places for that -
Are you a #musician or #MusicProducer who uses #samples in their work, and uses sample packs (free or paid)? If, what kind/style of packs do you look for/like? Song building kits? Drum/percussion collections? Synth pads? Weird sound FX? LMK if you don't mind!
@etherdiver are you asking because you are considering using samples or considering releasing sample packs?
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@etherdiver are you asking because you are considering using samples or considering releasing sample packs?
@mosgaard releasing sample packs
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@mosgaard releasing sample packs
@etherdiver nice!
Personally I have all the drums and synths samples I could ever wish. So I mostly like sample packs that takes me somewhere new. Experimental tonal material, samples with a narrative (recorded here, tells this story) or with some kind of challenge.
Looking forward to see what you find out!
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Are you a #musician or #MusicProducer who uses #samples in their work, and uses sample packs (free or paid)? If, what kind/style of packs do you look for/like? Song building kits? Drum/percussion collections? Synth pads? Weird sound FX? LMK if you don't mind!
@etherdiver vocal drops of any kind, singing, chanting, talking, yelling. I'm very microphone-shy so if I want any sort of voice audible in my music, I usually have to sample it.
When it comes to things you might do with a synth specifically, transition sounds is something I have a lot of use for, and I basically don't think there is such a thing as too many drum samples.
One sample pack I use a lot is samples of a single note being held, recorded on tape and slowed down to half-speed. I use them along with an envelope to play melodies that has a bit of a vibey mellotron feel.
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@etherdiver vocal drops of any kind, singing, chanting, talking, yelling. I'm very microphone-shy so if I want any sort of voice audible in my music, I usually have to sample it.
When it comes to things you might do with a synth specifically, transition sounds is something I have a lot of use for, and I basically don't think there is such a thing as too many drum samples.
One sample pack I use a lot is samples of a single note being held, recorded on tape and slowed down to half-speed. I use them along with an envelope to play melodies that has a bit of a vibey mellotron feel.
@Owlor Wow, thank you for such a detailed and thorough answer! great stuff.
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Are you a #musician or #MusicProducer who uses #samples in their work, and uses sample packs (free or paid)? If, what kind/style of packs do you look for/like? Song building kits? Drum/percussion collections? Synth pads? Weird sound FX? LMK if you don't mind!
@etherdiver I used to always be looking for interesting one shots and VST presets. These days I do all my own stuff...but I'm still on the lookout for interesting one shots.
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Are you a #musician or #MusicProducer who uses #samples in their work, and uses sample packs (free or paid)? If, what kind/style of packs do you look for/like? Song building kits? Drum/percussion collections? Synth pads? Weird sound FX? LMK if you don't mind!
@etherdiver I very recently purchased a bunch of packs from ghosthack. What I liked is that everything is well organized and clearly labeled. It matters because it can save lots of time finding something based on the words and descriptions in the directories and subdirectories. And as someone else said, you can never have too many drum samples. "Interesting" sounds are always interesting too, because one can make new instruments using a sampler.
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